---

yaml
---
r: 131383
b: refs/heads/master
c: 2acf2c2
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  131381: 1917cc5
  131379: 004ce81
  131375: 68e4b10
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d794bf8e0936dce45104565cd48c571061f4c1e3
+refs/heads/master: 2acf2c261b823d9d9ed954f348b97620297a36b5

trunk/fs/ext4/inode.c

@@ -2439,6 +2439,7 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	int no_nrwrite_index_update;
 	int pages_written = 0;
 	long pages_skipped;
+	int range_cyclic, cycled = 1, io_done = 0;
 	int needed_blocks, ret = 0, nr_to_writebump = 0;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(mapping->host->i_sb);
 
@@ -2490,9 +2491,15 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)
 		range_whole = 1;
 
-	if (wbc->range_cyclic)
+	range_cyclic = wbc->range_cyclic;
+	if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
 		index = mapping->writeback_index;
-	else
+		if (index)
+			cycled = 0;
+		wbc->range_start = index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		wbc->range_end  = LLONG_MAX;
+		wbc->range_cyclic = 0;
+	} else
 		index = wbc->range_start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
 	mpd.wbc = wbc;
@@ -2506,6 +2513,7 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	wbc->no_nrwrite_index_update = 1;
 	pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
 
+retry:
 	while (!ret && wbc->nr_to_write > 0) {
 
 		/*
@@ -2548,6 +2556,7 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 			pages_written += mpd.pages_written;
 			wbc->pages_skipped = pages_skipped;
 			ret = 0;
+			io_done = 1;
 		} else if (wbc->nr_to_write)
 			/*
 			 * There is no more writeout needed
@@ -2556,13 +2565,21 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 			 */
 			break;
 	}
+	if (!io_done && !cycled) {
+		cycled = 1;
+		index = 0;
+		wbc->range_start = index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		wbc->range_end  = mapping->writeback_index - 1;
+		goto retry;
+	}
 	if (pages_skipped != wbc->pages_skipped)
 		printk(KERN_EMERG "This should not happen leaving %s "
 				"with nr_to_write = %ld ret = %d\n",
 				__func__, wbc->nr_to_write, ret);
 
 	/* Update index */
 	index += pages_written;
+	wbc->range_cyclic = range_cyclic;
 	if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
 		/*
 		 * set the writeback_index so that range_cyclic